Charles Curtis, Alan Licht, and Dean Roberts - May 99 LP xx1997 learned composer-y types actively working

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Charles Curtis, Alan Licht, and Dean Roberts - May 99 LP xx1997 learned composer-y types actively workingIn the spring of 1999, Charles Curtis, Alan Licht, and Dean Roberts brought an unconventional mix of drone, improvisation, and experimental rock on an eleven stop tour of Europe. The concept was straightforward, yet novel: each night, they would improvise a single piece while sustained sine waves played for the duration of the concert. May 99, culled from three shorter pieces recorded for a radio program at Amsterdams VPRO near the end of the tour,